Configuring IBM Storwize V3500 or Storwize V3700 external storage systems
Storwize® V3500 systems can support Storwize V3500 or Storwize V3700 systems for use as external storage.
The Storwize V3500 or Storwize V3700 system must be configured as a storage layer system, which is the default setting. See the System layers topic for further details.
Tasks to configure the Storwize V3500 or Storwize V3700 storage system
To configure storage for system use, complete these general tasks on a Storwize family system:
- First, define a host object and add to it all of the worldwide port names (WWPNs) from the system.
- Create host mappings between each volume on the storage system that you want to manage by using the Storwize V3700 and the host object that you created.
The volumes that are presented by the storage layer system appear in the Storwize V3500 managed disk (MDisk) view. The storage system appears in the Storwize V3500 view with a vendor ID of IBM.
Quorum disks on storage systems
The Storwize V3500 or Storwize V3700 support quorum disks. Storwize V3500 systems can use MDisks that are presented by a Storwize family system as a quorum disk.